When it’s the twenty fifth of Could and the 12 months ends in a 5, it’s often an unforgettable date for Liverpool followers.
On the exact 20-year anniversary of successful the Champions League in Istanbul, Anfield was packed for a technology of Reds supporters to get their first expertise of being on the stadium to witness their staff being introduced with the Premier League trophy, with Jurgen Klopp additionally in attendance.
Just like the title-clinching Sunday on the finish of April, many Kopites continued to get together exterior the bottom effectively into the evening, savouring each final minute of the type of days which might’ve appeared fanciful a decade in the past.
Liverpool followers continued the celebrations effectively into the evening
Liverpool Echo journalist Theo Squires posted a video to X as he made his approach out of Anfield at 9:20pm, three hours after the ultimate whistle has sounded within the 1-1 draw towards Crystal Palace.
Tons of of followers had no intention of going dwelling at that time, as an alternative congregating exterior the stadium as one explicit chant acquired a continuing airing.
The boisterious ditty in Federico Chiesa’s identify boomed round Anfield when the Italian raised the Premier League trophy in entrance of the Kop, and it was nonetheless doing the rounds in L4 late into the evening.
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Chiesa is already a real cult hero at Liverpool
It speaks volumes for the 27-year-old’s recognition that, regardless of taking part in in solely six matches in our title-winning top-flight marketing campaign (and beginning simply the one), he acquired one of many loudest cheers for a person on Sunday.
Damage issues within the first half of the season and the continued brilliance of Mo Salah precluded him from establishing himself in Arne Slot’s assault, with the ex-Juventus man largely reliant on substitute appearances.
Chiesa has been the topic of switch hypothesis linking him with a return to Italy this summer season, and he’d have been upset to not even make the matchday squad yesterday, however insiders have reported that Liverpool workers are enamoured by his completely skilled perspective behind the scenes.
His first 9 months at Anfield might have been removed from ultimate, however hopefully an prolonged break over the subsequent few weeks and a correct pre-season will see him primed for motion when August rolls round and able to lastly make his mark on Merseyside.
Even when that doesn’t fairly occur, the scenes in L4 yesterday left us in little doubt that the Reds’ quantity 14 is already assured cult hero standing on the Kop!
You possibly can view the scenes exterior Anfield final evening beneath, through @TheoSquiresECHO on X:
🗣 “Federico, he is right here to win!” 🇮🇹 🏆
Leaving Anfield barely sooner than after Spurs, however it’s 9.20pm and the #LFC trophy get together continues to be occurring exterior the bottom 😅 pic.twitter.com/14EZEOKu4l
— Theo Squires (@TheoSquiresECHO) Could 25, 2025
